Re: F10 and no root login - impossible to maintain systems!

[Basil Mohamed Gohar <abu_hurayrah hidayahonline org>]

On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 22:28 -0500, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 22:01 -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 08:29:33AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > > You can at run level 3. You can even start X after that.
> > 
> > You're assuming all users of a system are technical.  That is not the case.
>
> How would a non-technical user know to log in as root?

I knew about the root user in *nix long before I knew about run levels and how to start X manually.  It's like the Administrator account in Windows (at least, that's how most non-techies would understand it).  Besides, some references online will frequently mention logging-in as root, even if it's not the most advisable.  So there are many vectors through which someone can know about logging in as root without having the strongest technical background.

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Basil Mohamed Gohar
abu_hurayrah hidayahonline org
www.basilgohar.com

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